Weird from Rory, ams do play balls the professionals use, not all ball producers have demarcation lines between their tour balls & am balls, Titleist being the biggest. Sure, all the Titleist pro's balls go through testing whereas 1 in 20 or 30 does with those slated for the philistines. Hell, amateurs at times can use hotter drivers than the pros can use.
Injection weighting? It’s available mainstream, albeit pricey & not totally helpful for an amateur having to go through swing changes to improve.
He's always seemed the most likely of the big names given he's been less involved in the PGA than the likes of McIlroy while two of the people he's closest to in golf, Mickelson and Garcia, are already on LIV.
I appreciate that you think I’ve got the money to be a member at a golf course.
A hundred million a year for a few years makes one reassess, no doubt.
That offer has been on the table for years, though. He has always said he doesn't need the money, already has more than he could ever need, has zero interest in LIV and won't ever leave for it. It's the biggest 180 ever.
Didn't realize it had been on the table for years. Unannounced injury perhaps? Someone mentioned his swing; he is always good for a shank every couple of months due to his close stance, perhaps his margin of error is becoming a bit too troublesome?
Sorry. I forget golf in Ireland is so much more accessible than in places like the US.That merger is in no way a certainty, and this move actually causes more problems in terms of competition rulings on the merger deal, as far as I understand.
The PGA brought this move on themselves from even considering a merger without consulting the players. They all felt betrayed.
Don't spend years saying you're definitely not going to do something, say you don't need the money and other things are more important, and then sell out. It's pretty simple. He has fecked us for the Ryder cup now, I've gone from liking him to completely disliking him over this.
I agree that most people would take the money, exact same as the Saudi football situation, but he explicitly put himself in the camp of someone that wouldn't do it, that's my issue with him.
Aren't they all basically the same now (PGA, LIV, DP) post July? All with now be funded to certain extents by PIF as I understood it. I get why anyone moves now, there's no real sides anymore.
He was already in that position though.
They had the framework of a deal to merge but there was a deadline of the end of December to finalise the deal (obviously that can be flexed) and it's not very clear whether the deal will actually happen. The PGA have been looking at other external investment in addition to the PIF but they may end up being instead of the PIF albeit you would think this improves the negotiating position of the Saudis as it's not ideal for maybe the best player in the world to not be at a part of the PGA at all moving forward.
